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Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation at a glance

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Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$28k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$47kReligion$45kHuman Services$20kFood & Nutrition$18kHealth$15kArts & Culture$12kHousing & Shelter$11kCrime & Legal$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$247k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THIRD REFORMED CHURCH$8,500
CLYMER HISTORICAL SOCIETY$2,500
NORTH END COMMUNITY MINISTRIES$2,000
HOPE COLLEGE$2,000
MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,000
CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION$1,000
BEACON HILL FOUNDATION$1,000
ELES PLACE$1,000
KIDS FOOD BASKET$1,000
SALVATION ARMY$1,000
JOHN BALL ZOO$500
SUSAN MAST ALS FOUNDATION$500
WEDGEWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES$500
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FND$500
KIDS HOPE US$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOLLAND HOME: $2k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $1k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $1k → 11%HOLLAND HOME: $1k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $500 → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $1k → 11%WEDGEWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $1k → 11%WEDGEWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $500 → 11%WEDGEWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $500 → 11%WEDGEWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $500 → 11%WEDGEWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $500 → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $500 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$156k · 28 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
28

Total granted

$156k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+29%

Still filing today

64%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HC
    HOPE COLLEGE
    7× · 2017–2025 · $23k · revenue +37%
  • NE
    NORTH END COMMUNITY MINISTRY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $10k · revenue +13%
  • KF
    KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $8k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • GR
    GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2020 · $13k
  • GR
    GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +141%
  • BN
    BLANFORD NATURE CENTER
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

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2
West Michigan Christian Foundation

None

Religion
3
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
4
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
5
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
6
Methodist Children's Home Society Supporting Organization

To support Methodist Children's Home Society, which is a not for profit organization that provides shelter and services to emotionally impaired children.

Human Services
7
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
8
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…

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9
West Bend Community Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
10
Movement West Michigan

Uniting christian faith leaders to serve with humility and love for the flourishing of all in our community.

Religion
11
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

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12
Housing Services of Mid Michigan

To assist people with low or moderate income to obtain safe and affordable housing

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids' Food Basket Inc; the most unlike its peers is Silent Observer of West Michigan. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 59 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
21/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THIRD REFORMED CHURCH OF HOLLAND MICHIGAN: $26,500 · OtherTHIRD REFORMED CHURCH OF HOLLAND MICHIGANGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $13,000 · OtherGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLSTHIRD REFORED CHURCH: $13,000 · OtherTHIRD REFORED CHURCHNORTH END COMMUNITY MINISTRY: $10,400 · OtherNORTH END COMMUNITY MINISTRYSUSAN MAST ALS FOUNDATION: $5,500 · OtherMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $5,500 · OtherMATTHEW 2540 HEARTSIDE INC: $5,000 · Other+35 more: $49,450 · Other+35 moreHOPE COLLEGE: $23,000 · EducationHOPE COLLEGEKids Hope USA: $4,000 · EducationKids Hope USABLANDFORD NATURE CENTER: $3,000 · EducationBLANDFORD NATURE …+3 more: $1,800 · Education+3 moreROBERT H JACKSON CENTER INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureCHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION: $3,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM: $2,500 · Arts & CultureHolland Home: $5,000 · Human ServicesWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $4,500 · Human ServicesTHE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $500 · Human ServicesKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $8,000 · Food & NutritionELE'S PLACE INC: $6,700 · Youth DevelopmentBEACON HILL FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN: $1,000 · HealthFaith Hospice: $1,000 · Health
Other$128,350Education$31,800Arts & Culture$11,500Human Services$10,000Food & Nutrition$8,000Youth Development$6,700Health$4,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOPE COLLEGE: $23,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH END COMMUNITY MINISTRY: $10,400 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetELE'S PLACE INC: $6,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetROBERT H JACKSON CENTER INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSUSAN MAST ALS FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $5,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHolland Home: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMATTHEW 2540 HEARTSIDE INC: $5,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKids Hope USA: $4,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJOHN BALL ZOO: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetICCF COMMUNITY HOMES: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBLANDFORD NATURE CENTER: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON HILL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLEGAL ASSISTANCE CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSilent Observer of West Michigan: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFaith Hospice: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds HOPE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NORTH END COMMUNITY MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
  • Who funds ELE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT H JACKSON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSAN MAST ALS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Holland Home ↗
  • Who funds MATTHEW 2540 HEARTSIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Kids Hope USA ↗
  • Who funds JOHN BALL ZOO ↗
  • Who funds ICCF COMMUNITY HOMES ↗
  • Who funds BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds BEACON HILL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL ASSISTANCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Silent Observer of West Michigan ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Peter C & Emajean Coo…Grand Rapids Communit…Grand Haven Area Comm…Steve & Amy Van Andel…The Community Foundat…The David and Carol V…Cdv5 FoundationDick and Betsy Devos …Heart of West Michiga…The Mercantile Bank F…Barnabas FoundationEdp Foundation
Peter C & Emajean Cook FoundationMI32.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Edp Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 59 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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